ne pas y aller par quatre chemins
French
Etymology
Literally, “not to go about it in four ways”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nə pa i a.le paʁ ka.tʁə ʃ(ə).mɛ̃/ ~ /nə pɑ i a.le paʁ ka.tʁə ʃ(ə).mɛ̃/
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Verb
ne pas y aller par quatre chemins
- (figuratively, informal) not to beat around the bush, to go straight to the point
Conjugation
- see aller